Former Hollyoaks and Footballers Wives star
Gary Lucy is to join the EastEnders cast as an ‘irresistible’ banker who charms the ladies upon his arrival in Walford.

Gary Lucy will play a troublesome banker in EastEnders (Picture: BBC)

The Essex-born actor will arrive on the Square in September.

Lucy’s breakthrough came with the role of Luke Morgan in Hollyoaks, a character who was involved in a controversial rape storyline.

The 30-year-old appeared in the Channel 4 soap for three years, winning a best newcomer award in the process.

He later joined ITV police drama The Bill, which came to a close after 26 years on ITV in 2010.

It seems as though his EastEnders character Danny Pennant will be headed for trouble when he arrives in Walford, with a statement from the show saying: ‘With his irresistible charm and luring persona, Danny is desired and envied by both men and women.

‘Girls want to be seen with him and boys want to be him.’

The last two years have been quiet for the actor, appearing briefly in TV series The Missing and taking part in the fifth series of figure skating contest Dancing On Ice.

Show bosses have given no indication as to how Lucy will make his EastEnders entrance this autumn.